652 BC

The year 652 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 102 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 652 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC
Years:	655 BC 654 BC 653 BC 652 BC 651 BC 650 BC 649 BC

652 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	652 BC DCLI BC
Ab urbe condita	102
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 13
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 13
Ancient Greek era	32nd Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4099
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1244
Berber calendar	299
Buddhist calendar	−107
Burmese calendar	−1289
Byzantine calendar	4857–4858
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2045 or 1985     — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2046 or 1986
Coptic calendar	−935 – −934
Discordian calendar	515
Ethiopian calendar	−659 – −658
Hebrew calendar	3109–3110
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−595 – −594
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2449–2450
Holocene calendar	9349
Iranian calendar	1273 BP – 1272 BP
Islamic calendar	1312 BH – 1311 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1682
Minguo calendar	2563 before ROC 民前2563年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2119
Thai solar calendar	−109 – −108
Tibetan calendar	阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) −525 or −906 or −1678     — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) −524 or −905 or −1677

Events

Middle East

• Elam withdraws from her alliance with king Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon, who launches a premature attack on his half brother Ashurbanipal at year's end without waiting for reinforcements that have been promised by the Egyptian king Psamtik I.

Asia Minor

• Cimmerian forces from Anatolia conquer Sardis and reach the peak of their power. King Gyges of Lydia has spent most of his 28-year reign fighting his southern and western neighbors in an effort to gain suzerainty over all of Western Asia Minor. He has helped the rebellion of Psamtik I, but he receives no support from his erstwhile Assyrian ally Ashurbanipal. Gyges falls in a battle against the Cimmerians under king Tugdamme (approximate date).
• Ardys succeeds his father Gyges as the second Mermnad king of Lydia. During his reign he finds payment of tribute to Assyria preferable to rule by the Cimmerians, who will be routed a few decades later.

Asia

• Guan Zhong, Chinese chancellor, urges Duke Huan of Qi to attack the small neighboring State of Xing which is under attack from Quan Rong nomads. Later, he advises the duke not to ally with a vassal ruler's son who wishes to depose his father.

Births

Deaths

• Gyges, king of Lydia (approximate date)
• Hui of Zhou, ruler of the Zhou Dynasty

References